redress the balance
idiom
formal
: to make a situation fair
They've been treated unfairly, and it's time to redress the balance.
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Such intellectual property advantages could give Europe just the kind of edge needed to redress the balance, concludes Ward.
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Andrew Saunders, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Trump sees tariffs as a way to redress the balance, arguing that the policy will boost U.S. jobs and growth.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
The nations and politicians who continue to deny climate change and pollute the planet demand greater sacrifice from those trying to redress the balance, and there’s a tipping point where it can’t be done without consensus.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2024
How do brands redress the balance?
—Cleve Gibbon, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
The dry-drinking market Nondrinking entrepreneurs are already aiming to redress the balance with alcohol-free alternatives, once the preserve of a niche industry.
—Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2022
For underserved and overpoliced Black and Brown communities, Fagon sees this as an opportunity to redress the balance.
—Deidre Dyer, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2021
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Andrew Saunders, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Trump sees tariffs as a way to redress the balance, arguing that the policy will boost U.S. jobs and growth.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
The nations and politicians who continue to deny climate change and pollute the planet demand greater sacrifice from those trying to redress the balance, and there’s a tipping point where it can’t be done without consensus.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2024
How do brands redress the balance?
—Cleve Gibbon, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
The dry-drinking market Nondrinking entrepreneurs are already aiming to redress the balance with alcohol-free alternatives, once the preserve of a niche industry.
—Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2022
For underserved and overpoliced Black and Brown communities, Fagon sees this as an opportunity to redress the balance.
—Deidre Dyer, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2021
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